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Saturday, and two or three weeks ago, also.
They met Unexpectedly, and the converSa-
ton drlf0ed to the Sharp case He said
there Was man over in my neighborhood
drawn ON the jury, and he wanted TO know
II would see him and ask him to be lenient
with the old man."
10 Mr.. Parsons-''I did not know any of
tne Jurors. | have known many Smiths,
but not this one This interview with
Lynch was held May u. When | told Mr..
MARITIME of this, said l wanted no notoriety
in the matter"
To the District Attorney-''I met Mr..
Lynch again last Saturday. He said was
a nice fellow, and had placed him in an en-
barrassing position. / said the matter had
come to the ears Of the District Attorney,
and had been summoned before that Off
cial and told him the story just as it was.
l said that regretted to tell the thing, but
that it had become public. also told him
that had been subpoenaed to appear here
to-day, and he said he had, too, and asked
me what | was going to swear TO, and
said | was going to tell the truth of the
matter. He said substantially that it was
bad case. Our interview lasted about five
minutes
This closed the evidence and the court an
nounced that it would issue d warrant for
the attempted embracery against Lynch.
embracery and Lynch for an attempt, and
they will be tried in the usual way by a
jury; II they are to be punished summarily
the defense must so move. Judge Barrett
said he would not call Lynch. He is an ac-
cused party. The court room was so over
crowded by the two panels OF jurors and
the 16l delinquents that Judge Barrett
excused all but the witnesses for the people
and those required to show cause why they
6 Of l,c, l,,1If e.,
TO BE BROUGHT TO TIME.
The roll of the delinquents was called and
the judge directed that those not answering
be arrested on non-bailable attachments.
Among those who failed to answer were
Tony Pastor, Richard K Fox, Louis L.
Lorillard, Daniel F. Dickinson aud Hamil-
ton Mex. Twombly. Mr. Fox came in after
wards, and the work of getting the jury
was then continued.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The trial adjourned this evening with
eleven jurors in the box. The defense have
exhausted sixteen. peremptory challenges,
and the people twelve. Total number OF
jurors SO far examined is S31, out5of l 400
summoned. No fines were imposed to-day
on the talesmen, VINO responded to the sum
mons to show cause why. they should not be
punished for contempt, as all had legal ex-
cuses The judge held court from 2 O'Clock
until this. evening, and just before the ad-
journmentDistrictA Attorney MARITIME moved
for commitment of the defendant.
Mr.. Steckney, for the defense, argned
that it would jeOpardize Mr. Sharp's case;
that he was an old man and seriously ailing,
and that it would be an unprecedented pro
ceeding.
Judge Barrett finally decided to defer fur
ther action on the District Attorneys mo-
Of the alleged embracers should be returned
Mr.. Sharp and his counsel left the court
room, the Judge refusing, for the presdnt
to commit the defendant Further proceed
ings in the embracery cases will be heard
tomorrow morning.
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WASHINGTON POINTERS.
The District Supreme Court Declares
the Blue Law Unconstitutional.

The District Supreme Court Declares
the Blue Law Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON, June 6.-The District Su-
preme Court has decided that the Sunday
law of 1864 is invalid, thus disposing of the
two test cases of Mr.. Standiford, druggist,
and Mr.. Cochran, a tobacconist This de-
cision is not understood to affect the Sunday
liquor law, but puts an end to the agitation
of the old "blue laws under which an at
tempt was made to stop all Sunday traffic,
except that in milk and ice and filing pre-
scriptions by the druggists. The sale of the
newspapers was restricted to few hours in
the morning
THE GRAND TRUNKS NOVEL DEFENSE.
An answer was received this morning by
the Interstate Commerce Commission from
the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad
Company to the complaint of the Michigan
Central Railroad Company against it for
selling tickets to commercial travellers at a
lower rate than that given to the public
generally. The Grand Trunk railroad ad-
nlits the sale OF the tickets and the other
facts stated by the road making complaint.
Il holds that the form of ticket sold the
commercial travellers is in the nature
Of a special contract, by which the company
is relieved from some part Of the liability
subject to which it transports other paSSen-
gers, and it is claimed that this limitation
constitutes a sufficient reason for the dis
elimination in favor of the commercial
travellers. 1t is also stated that these trav-
elers constitute distinct class of the rail-
road travelling public, generally riding short
distances at time and visiting a number of
places for business on the line of the road,
often going from one section to another by
freight trains and altogether travelling very
much more than any other class of
people They also create a large freight
traffic over the roads by the sales they make
at the places along the line. In view of
these considerations it is contended that the
provisions of interstate commerce law do
not apply to the mileage tickets sold to the
commercial agents.
Mr.. CoRCoAN SERIOUSLY ILL.
w. W. Corcoran, the aged millionaire
philanthropist, was suddenly stricken with
paralysis this afternoon while at the dining
table Physicians were called i'll and an
anodyne was administered and he was put
to bed where he is now resting quietly. An
intimate friend of Mr.. Corcoran's said that
he did not know TO what TO ascribe the at
tack, except that Mr.. Corcoran was an old
man, who would celebrate his eighty-ninth
birthday on Dec. n, next.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
BY the direction of the President it is
ordered that, as marx or puDuc respect 70
the memory of the late William A. Wheeler,
ex-Vice President of the United States, the
tlnes upon all the public buildings in this
CITY be displayed ut half mast throughout
tomorrow, June :, the day of the funeral
of the deceased.
KELLEY WILL NOT DESERT THE SHIP.
REPRESENTATIVE Kelley says there is no
truth in the published statement that he
contempates leaving Congress at the end of
his present term and settling in Admission,
Ala
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to the scrutiny of these three mem
beIs of the Committee on Rules
from the dominant party, termed
by the members of the House the Steering
Committee" and so far as the members of
the House were concerned (save keeping
their seats waIm) they might as well have
gone home four weeks before adjournment
The Speaker of the House of the Republic
was an absolute dictator of 55,000,000 peo-
pie, as far as any legislation they desired
was concerned during the last six days of
the present Congress.
1t is the opinion of your committee that
the next General Assembly should select not
more than three great public measures, and
proceed to educate our members and the
public at large in them" The report is
signed by Ralph Beaumont, j. J. McCart-
ney and James Campbell.
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BARLOW GUARANTEES KEY WEST.
BARLOW, FLA, June 6.-Bartow has
AIDING KEY WEST.
STARTLING STATEMENTS.
A Minnesota Railroad Official Paint:
Most Discouraging Picture.

A Minnesota Railroad Official Paints
a Most Discouraging Picture.
ST. PAUL, MINI, June Cit is learned
that at a meeting of the Railroad Commits
sioners held Saturday to consider the appli-
cation of the Minneapolis and St. Louis
road for suspension of the long and short
haul clause of the State railroad law, Vice
President Trlsden made some startling
statements. He explained the injury which
the new law had worked 20 his line. They
are unable to compete with Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul, and the Burlington
and Northern railroad had made &c rate
on flour, SO that they are unable
to do any through business. Their
freight trains to the East are mainly made
up of empty cars, for which they pay three
quarters of a cent mileage for returning to
the Eastern roads. He informed Senator
Pope and the other gentlemen present that
if they restricted roads of the State to the
law which they prescribe, every line would
be in the hands of a receiver in less than a
year. The matter was then referred to the
commission, and decision will not be an
nounced for several days
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OUR NEIGHBoR's LESSON.
Canada Read q Severe Lesion for 1,
creasing Her Iron Duty

Canada Read Severe Lesion for In
creasing Her Iron Duty.
LONDON, June G-The Standard this
morning reads Canada a severe lesson for
increasing her duties on iron and steel,
which, it says, is selfish policy and can
only tend to sunder the colonies from the
mother country. "The increase was made, :"
it saws, ION the hollow pretense Of a desire
to check the rapid increase of the trade with
the United States in our favor We decline
the offer with thanks. We do not want our
trade fostered at the expense of our neigh
Dor even if it could be done,
but it cannot be done IN that
trade with the United States by every
means in its power. The freer the trade is
on the Canadian side, the larger will it be,
in spite of the insane tariff of the United
States, and the larger the trade with the
United States is, the richer will Canadian
people become, and the more business viii
they do with other countries"
COLLISION IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL.
A collision occurred in the channels be-
tween the British bark Hamburg, from
New York for Liverpool, and the British
steamer Tern. The steamer was sunk and
her Captain and four seanen were drowned.
Inc IeFn WAS Vi OOJ UOllS anu WIS
from Mediterranean ports.
THE NEW ORDER OF THE DAY.
HAMBURG, June "a number of houses
in this city, which were occupied by over
10000 people, have been demolished to al
low of the improvements in connection with
the Canal and New Hartford.
$50 Persisted BY TUE CYCLONE.
CALCUTTA, June 6.-Ithas been proved
4 ~ ha Of
captains chest that the steamer Sir John
Lawrence was lost in the recent cyclone OFF
this coast. 1t carried 730 passengers and it
is believed the whole number were los t.
The largest part of the passengers were
native ladies who were going to the Jugger-
naut, in Orissa, to celebrate the Juggernaut
festival. The catastrophe has cast feeling
of great gloom over the Hindoo community
here, and all the best families are in mourn
ing for relatives or friends who were among
the passengers.
A BIG FIND.
MADRID, June 6.-It is reported that a
hidden treasure, TO the value of e0j, 900 900
sterling, has been discovered in the palace
of the deceased Nizier at Rabat, Morocco.
EvIcTIoNs RESUMED YESTERDAY.
DUBLIN, June 6.--The evictions at Bodill
were resumed to-day.
GREAT DISTRESS OF THE PEASANTS.
VIENNA, june 6.--The food has reached
Mako, Szegedin and Hele, and there is great
distress in those towns. Thousands of men
are working to repair the dykes. Piles have
been driven twenty-seven feet into the sand
and fastened together with chains, yet after
a few hours rush of the water has torn
them up. To-day pile-driving boat was
dashed to pieces. Two companies Of pio-
neers have been ordered from Temesvar TO
guard against any emergency In case the
men strike or yield 10 exhaustion.
nE. PARgELL IN BETTER HEALTH.
LONDON, June Mr.. Parnell visited the
House Of, Commons yesterday. He is in
much better health. HAVING gained flesh
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LABOR STATISTICS.
They Relate to Convicts Marriage and
Divorce, and to Strikes.

Divorce, and to Strikes.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Commissioner
Carroll d. Wright, of the United States Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics, win shortly issue
his report on convict labor the statistics for
which were collected by the special agents
of the bureau last year. Commissioner
Wright thinks the report will be found to
be exhaustive Of the subject. The commits
soner will state that in his judgment il il
at once unwise and unjust for State to
attempt TO make money out of its convicts.
Prisons are reformatory, not money-mak-
ing institutions They ought not to in
terfere with outside commercial and
manufacturing enterprises. They ought not
to affect wages Of labor or prices of prod
ucts. There is no more reason why State
should make money out of its prisons than
out Of It's insane asylums. Nor do the prac-
tical results justify the attempts to do so.
The convicts of the State of Massachusetts
cost the State 5000, 900 year. Their labor
brings in less than $240,000 Commissioner
Wright proposes as solution of
the problem that hereafter convicts
shall be employed only in hard labor for the
account of the State. 1t is only when they
are leased to contractors or put on works
done with machinery that they interfere
with wages and prices. Commissioner
Wright's report ON Strikes viii be ready
in the fall He is now collecting statistics
IN regard 10 the labor of workingmen for a
special report on their condition. He is pre-.
pairing 10 collect statistics of marriages and
divorces, and Of the condition of the railway
employees for special reports ON these sub
jects These win he the first of their kind
ever made i'm this country. Commissioner
Wrights special agents will collect the sta
tistics for these two reports simultaneously.
They will have to visit 2,700 tribunals
which have issued divorces in the past ten
years, the period during which the compari-
son is TO be made. South Carolina, where
divorces are granted only by act of Legis.
lature, will be the only State or Territory
mt visited
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MASTER BUILDERS WORRIED.
Bricklayers "See them One Better" by
Starting a New Brick Company.

CHICAGO, JUNE Ga local paper says
the master builders are thinking seriously
of sending to Canada for briclSlayers TO take
the place of the strikers. 1t is generally ad-
mitted that bricklayers are not coming to
the city very rapidly in answer to the ad-
vertisement
A cooperative brick company was organ
lied Saturday, with capital stock Of $780,
900, the Knights of Labor controlling seven
ty-fve shares and the Bricklayers' Union
twenty-five shares. The new company has
completed the purchase Of the land which
the Knights have been trying to get hold of
for long time The brick-making machines
are bought and set up. Over 100 men, IL is
said, will commence making brick at once.
Speaking of the new enterprise, President
Vorkeler, of the Bricklayers' Union, said
''If the dealers won't supply organized labor
with material, organized labor will supply
itselfn
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wHEELER's FUNERAL TO-DAY.
The Remains to be Inferred Besid,
Those of his Wife at Malone.

MALONE, N. Y, June 6.--The body of ex-
Vice President Wheeler win lie in state in
the vestibule of the Congregational church
on Tuesday from 1O:3O till 12;15 p. m All
business will be suspended in Malone Tues
day. The guards of honor will attend the
body while at the church. Some two years
ago Mr. Wheeler placed marble casket
beside the remains of his wife in his lot in
the cemetery here He left with
his brother-in-law written instructions
to have casket of oak made for the recep-
tion of his body and selected pall-bearers,
d. w. Lawrence, H. H. Thomson, H. A.
Taylor, W. A. Short, c. G. Gleason and T.
r. Kane, all old friends. Maj d. H.
Harton will have charge of the funeral
Gov. Hill has sent telegram of sympathy
and regrets his inability to be present at the
funeral
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"TRIuMpHs IN HIS WRONGS.

The Times says Mr.. Gladstone audaciously
triumphs in his wrong. His apology in his
speech at Swansea on Saturday for the OBJ
struction methods in Parliament of the op-
ponents of the governments Irish bill, 1t
adds, gives the government grave diff
Guilty to confront
The Unionists are of the opinion that Mr..
Gladstone's recent speech will not form a
basis of the settlement between Liberals
and Unionists on other Points i'll discussion.
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FATAL TREE CLAIM.
1t Causes Three Murders, One Wound
ed Man and a Suicide.

HURON, OAK, June 6.-;jimon Nelson
shot and killed Mrs. Shaw, her son, aged
about Is, and her sister, Miss Lyman, aged
about 22, this morning. The tragedy was
the result Of contest over tree claim
which had been decided in favor of Mrs.
Shaw. Nelson also shot a man named
Kelsey through the body, fatally wounding
him Another man named Lyman was
with the party, but escaped by getting be-
hind team. After the shooting Nelson re-
turned home and placing the muzzle Of his
rife 10 his temple, blew out his brains. The
crime was committed about two miles from
this place
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SERVICES AT BALTIMORE.
CARDINAL GIBBONS

Well Entertained by his People in New
York and Brooklyn.
New York, June 6.-Cardinal Gibbons
spent the day at the residence of Maj. j. C..
Kelly, Jr., No. 2l3 Clernont avenue, Brook
lyn. Among his callers were Bishop Nc
Laughliu, of Brooklyn, and the members Of
the Supreme Conclave Of the Catholic Be
nevolent Legion. President j. G. Mcguire
made an elaborate address, to which the
Cardinal briefly responded This evening
Maj. Kelly rendered the Cardinal diuner,
attended by Archbishop Corrigan, Bishop
Mclaughlin, Fathers Foley and Gailly and
otherg
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FRENCH coNv1oTs WARNED OFF.
New Caledonia's Assisted Emigrants"
Not Wanted Here.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Assistant Secre-
tar'y Maynard odoy telegraphed the Col
lector Of Customs at San Francisco to pre-
vent the landing of the French convicts
from New Caledonia, should any such arrive
st that port. Previous instructions on this
subject were sent the collector by mail, and
il was feared that the immigrants might
arrive at San Francisco before the lettar.
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o'BRIEN IN GOOD HANDS.

Reception Tendered the Irish Editor by
the New York Journals.
NEW York, June 6.--Editor O'Brien was
rendered an informal reception by the New
York Press Club at the cnbhops this after
noon. About 200 ta6ny kix pf the New
York newspapers wef| |<I|cIt.. Remarks
were made by Mr. or 8illY Nye and
several other journal ''st&
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PROMPTLY SWUNG UP.
Another Negro Brute Meets Death fc
an Attempted Assault.

an Attempted Assault.
CHICAGO, June Ga special from Helena
Ark, says: A telephone message was re
ceived yesterday from Clarendon announc
ing the lynching last night of the negro who
attempted to outrage Mrs Park, the
mother-in-law of Sheriff J. w. Robinson
OF Monroe county. About forty people took
the negro from the jail and hanged him to q
tree near the work-house. The negro was
captured within few minutes after he had
left his intended victim. He confessed thu
crime before dying.
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BLIND JUSTICE.

A Jury "Hang" on the Color Line and
the Criminals Escape.
LYNcHBURG, VA, June 6.-Watkins and
Steptoe, the negroes who murdered Lizzie
Wilson in Roanoke three years ago, and who
have been tried four times, each trial result
ing in hung jury the jury dividing on the
colored line, were released from custody to-
day on a mol PROSE- by the Attorney of the
Commonwealth in this city The case at
tracted a great deal of interest.
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a pusbond Avenges His Wrongs.

nAxvtrIE, VA, June 6. Last night NJ.
Il Farley. manager OF the city electric light
,v,,rlts, shot and killed George w. Garner, q
yourg man Of Is who had been crnnlhelhy
intirnate with FarlcY's vie.
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KEEP TIE WORK GOING.
Two Indian Murderers Shot by Their
own Tribal Offlcers.

CHICAGO, June "a Little Rock special
describes the execution of two Indians near
the Seminole agency, Indian Territory, who
had been convicted by the Indian court of
murder. They were shot by the Indian
Sheriff and his deputy, and died on the first
fire Of the nfilcers
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during the recess. The Conservative MEM
bers are signing 'r,nd robin" urging the
government to make vigorous attempt to
end the coercion debate.
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KEY WEST REPORTS.
One New Case and One Death Since
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Views.


KEY WEST, June 6--There has been one
death from yellow fever and one new case
since yesterday. The record now stands;
Deaths 6, sick 8, convalescent B. total num-
Der of cases is. A man named Elliott died
last night This place is now quarantined
by all ports as far as known, except New
York and Havana. Ii is still raining. With
clearing weather an abatement of the dis
ease is looked for.
BARLOW GUARANTEES KEY WEST.
BARLOW, FLA, june 6.-Bartow has
quarantined against Key West, Tampa, and
the country south. Parties not having
health certificates coming from these places
will be subject to fifteen days quarantine.
AIDING KEY WEST.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Advices re-
ceived at the Marine Hospital Bureau
from Key West are to the effect that
the yellow fever is spreading through the
town. Every effort is being made by
the officers of the bureau to assist the local
authorities in checking the spread of the
epidemic. A telegram was sent to Key
West to-day by the acting Surgeon General
authorizing the officers of the Marine Hos
pital Service, if necessary, to employ skilled
nurses at the governments expense to take
care of the sick
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HONORS For THE DEAD.
Memorial Observances at Winches
ter, Va

Memorial Observances at winches-
ter, Va.
WINCHESTER, VA, June 6-Confederate
memorial day was celebrated with much
spirit, though the rain fell ali day. A large
crowd from the surrounding counties came
here, and the decoration of the graves and
shafts in the State lots in the Stonewall
cemetery were profuse and handsome.
SERVICES AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, June 6.--Confederate Memo
rial Day was observed in this city with inn
pressive ceremonies. The graves of the
Confederate dead were profusely decorated
and the monument erected to the. memory
of Col. Harry GilIner, was unveiled. To-
night services were held at Ford's Opera
House, where Gen. d. II. Hill, Of North
Carolina, delivered an Grafton ON 'The
nId South y
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GLADSTONE DISCUSSED.

What the London Press Has to Say
About the Ex-Premier.
LONDON, June 6.-The Daily Ne,cS says
it will not be Mr.. Gladstones fault if the
Liberal quarrel is not healed. 1t is neither
he nor his supporters who are irreconcilia-
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New officers for Cotton Exchange.

NOW OrHcefB lot OOJJOH HACnanBe.
NEW YORK, June 6.--The election Of the
officers OF the Cotton Exchange for the year
was held to-day with the following result:
President, Charles. ID. Miller; Vice prosi-
dent. J. u Par4eF seff,lrer. w. T. Miller
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